Nigeria vs Peru: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 337,281 ha against 327,188 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 10,093 ha.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
Nigeria ranks 11th and Peru ranks 9th of 167 countries.
Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 254,429 ha | 252,429 ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 3,642 ha | 263,709 ha | 260,067 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 6,770 ha | 202,253 ha | 195,483 ha | Peru |
| 1990s | 33,440 ha | 209,218 ha | 175,778 ha | Peru |
| 2000s | 243,700 ha | 264,854 ha | 21,154 ha | Peru |
| 2010s | 310,866 ha | 314,518 ha | 3,652 ha | Peru |
| 2020s | 328,067 ha | 332,190 ha | 4,122 ha | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Nigeria or Peru?
- Peru, at 337,281 ha against 327,188 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Nigeria and Peru?
- 10,093 ha, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Peru?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Peru rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 11th and Peru ranks 9th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.